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Lower Bear Creek (LRBOI-BEAR) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (identifier LRBOI), has the name "Lower Bear Creek" and has the identifier LRBOI-BEAR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04060103.

This site is located in Manistee County County, Michigan at 44.2857000 degrees latitude and -86.0652100 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "LRBOI-BEAR" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2008
Physical 2004 - 2008
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier LRBOI
OrganizationFormalName Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LRBOI-BEAR
MonitoringLocationName Lower Bear Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Bear Creek along Forest Service Rd off of River Rd.
HUCEightDigitCode 04060103
LatitudeMeasure 44.2857000
LongitudeMeasure -86.0652100
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET